 God's blessing breathed upon the fainting earth ! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse The wide old wood from his majestic rest, Summoning from the...  Poems - Page 205by William Cullen Bryant - 1847 - 371 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1847 - 648 pages
...! " Go rock the little wood-bird in his nest ; Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse The wide old wood from his majestic rest, — Summoning...The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass, And 'twixt the' o'ershadowing branches and the grass. " The faint old man shall lean his silver head To... | |
 | Timothy Flint - Mississippi River Valley - 1830 - 696 pages
...earth ! 'Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters bright with stare, and rouse The wide old wood from his majestic rest — Summoning...The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass, And 'uvixt the o'ershadcnving branche« and the gras* ' The faint old man shall lean his silver head To... | |
 | Sidney Willard - American literature - 1832 - 560 pages
...strain. "Go rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse The wide old wood from his majestic rest, Summoning...The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass, And 'twjxt the o'ershadowing branches and the grass. " The faint old man shall lean his silver head To... | |
 | Books - 1832 - 650 pages
...! ' Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse The wide old wood from his majestic rest ; Summoning...The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass, And 'twixt the o'ershadowing branches and the grass. ' The faint old man shall lean his silver head To... | |
 | England - 1832 - 868 pages
...Co, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse 1 he wide old wood from his majestic rest, Summoning from...harmonies that haunt his breast • Pleasant shall lie thy way where meekly bows ' The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass And 'twill the o'enthadowing... | |
 | Scottish periodicals - 1832 - 952 pages
...waters рлч-4, And 'twixt the o'ei shadow ing branches and the gra^The faint old man shall lean hs silver head To feel thee ; thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry the moistened curls tbat overspread His temples, while his breathing; grows mure deep ; And they who stand about the sick... | |
 | A. B. Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 496 pages
...go forth, God's blessing breathe upon the fainting earth! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, The wide old wood from his majestic rest, Summoning from the innumerable boughs Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse The strange, deep harmonies that haunt his breast;... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Theology - 1833 - 892 pages
...earth ! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse The wide old wood from his majestic rest, Summoning...The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass, And 'twixt the o'ershadowing branches and the grass. The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Readers - 1833 - 288 pages
...forth, God's blessing breathed upon the fainting earth! Go, rock the little wood-bird in his nest, The wide old wood from his majestic rest, Summoning from the innumerable boughs Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass,... | |
 | American poetry - 1834 - 402 pages
...rock the little wood-bird in his nest, Curl the still waters, bright with stars, and rouse The wild old wood from his majestic rest, Summoning from the...bows The shutting flower, and darkling waters pass, The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel thee ; thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry... | |
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